Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) thanked the Trump administration for releasing greater than $1 billion in grants for Pennsylvania infrastructure tasks, reiterating his dedication to “work throughout the aisle.”
The Division of Transportation (DOT) led by Sec. Sean Duffy will ship grants, together with 53 tasks throughout the state, amounting to about $1.2 billion, in accordance to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The grants are a portion of a large backlog of federal {dollars} accepted, however by no means obligated, by the Biden administration, Duffy solely instructed Breitbart Information final month.
DOT officers instructed the Inquirer that ten “precedence grants” beforehand mentioned with Fetterman have already cleared a overview, and two have been obligated.
“I’ve made clear I’d work throughout the aisle, discover frequent floor, and safe wins for PA. After a number of good-faith conferences, I thank @SecDuffy for being a person of his phrase and placing politics apart,” Fetterman wrote Friday on X:
“We are going to now have $1 BILLION in infrastructure funding launched for our commonwealth,” the Democrat senator added.
He beforehand met with Duffy forward of his Senate affirmation, voicing his help for the Trump appointee after the pair spoke:
After Duffy grew to become Secretary of Transportation with votes from 23 Democrats, together with Fetterman, the pair continued to fulfill and work collectively.
“Once I stopped by Secretary Duffy’s workplace in April, he readily and graciously obtained me for an unannounced go to,” Fetterman mentioned in an announcement to the Inquirer. “I got here in good religion to work throughout the aisle and combat for these endangered infrastructure tasks … Greater than $1 billion in funding that was in danger is now again on monitor.”
“Secretary Duffy and I put politics apart and affirmed that our nation’s infrastructure is bipartisan,” he added.
Fetterman has voiced his help for the administration’s insurance policies and lambasted his fellow Democrats a number of occasions in the previous few months, together with by throwing his help behind Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran the “appropriate transfer,” and calling out his personal get together for supporting Hamas terrorists.
